Big market ratings results

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Clark-SmidtHere’s your scorecard for Nielsen Audio markets 11-20, a trip that begins in Detroit and winds up in Denver. Your tour guide and commentator is Clark Smidt.


Big market ratings results
By Clark Smidt – Broadcast Connector.
“Know the score!” was a positioning slogan I gave the original Sports 590 WEEI-AM, Boston, when it was 5kw and owned by The Boston Celtics, in the early ‘90s. Financials, score and standings are essential information. Continuing with a closer look and adjusted format for the latest radio ratings results, consider the broader picture if we saw a basic 6+ or 12+ total persons number for every licensed broadcast radio station in each of the 284 Nielsen rated markets. During the Arbitron book reign, anyone could see a copy of all the numbers and selling unsubscribed info was strictly prohibited. And, even back when, nobody sold on a broad number. While paying customers do get extensive data to mine, a partial score from one team doesn’t tell the story, i.e. one big group’s 5 station cluster in a 32 station Top 75 quarterly market, lacks basic “apples to apples” comparison. Let’s not make it unnecessarily tough to promote radio’s strengths without everyone’s headline data. Seeing a simple score for all stations spotlights the multiple services, markets, attracts advertisers and stimulates more business for all. Nielsen, too.

With a format adjustment in presentation (always good to start the New Year) let’s check more Top 25 major PPM radio markets with what we have for 6+ October/November/December shares and total cume numbers published for November 10 – December 3.

11. DETROIT, MI. 6+ 3,732,000. Ethinc Comp: Black 22%, Spanish 4%. 48 stations, 60% subscribe.
1. WNIC AC iHeartMedia. 4.2-4.3-9.6-3,732,000. The only market A/C and a big Xmas lead: 2.8-share 270k cume.
2. WMXD Urban AC iHeartMedia. 6.9-6.6-6.8-578,900. Leading Urban A/C WDMK and Urban WJLB & WGPR.
3. WXYT-F Sports CBS Radio. 8.3-6.3-6.1-874,000. CBS Tigerless Ticket still strong #3 over Sports WMGC by 1.4.
4. WWJ News CBS Radio. 6.0-6.4-6.0-827,600. CBS leads over 5 others in News/Talk format.
5. WOMC Classic Hits CBS Radio. 6.2-5.9-5.6-970,400. CBS is 3-4-5; format slips but still 2.3-over Classical Rock WCSX.
6. WJR News/Talk Cumulus Media. 4.9-5.7-5.0-389,000. 3 of the top 6 in Motown don’t play music.
7. WKQI CHR iHeartMedia. 4.8-5.0-4.9-1,084,100. CHR winner over CBS WDZH by 1.9.
8. WCSX Classic Rock Greater Media. 4.7-4.8-4.7-795,900. Over Rockers WRIF, Classic WDTW and Modern Rock CIMX.
9. WJLB Urban iHeartMedia. 4.3-4.3-4.5-722,400. Leads Radio One’s: Urban WGPR, Urban A/C WDMK, Gospel WPZR.
10. WYCD Country CBS Radio. 4.7-5.0-4.4-733,000. CBS rides ahead of Cumulus WDRQ by 2.7.
11. WRIF Rock Greater Media. 4.5-4.6-4.1-647,000. Slips.
12. WDVD Hot AC Cumulus Media. 3.8-3.7-3.7-1,001,800. Steady & ahead of AA CIDR by 1.1.
13. WDMK Urban AC Radio One. 4.2-4.6-3.6-535,800. Largest monthly dip.
14. WDTW-F Classic Rock iHeartMedia. 3.8-3.6-3.3-574,400. Trails other Classic Rock WCSX and Classic Hits WOMC.
15. WDZH CHR CBS Radio. 3.1-2.9-3.0-784,300. Steady but 2nd CHR.
16. WGPR Urban Radio One. 2.7-3.0-2.5-490,200. 5 Urban stations listed.
17. CIDR-F Adult Alt Bell Media Radio. 2.1-2.2-2.4-448,000. Canadian cluster of 3 totals 4.6-share.
18. WRCJ-F Classical Detroit Public TV. 2.5-1.8-2.2-133,100. Solo format non-comm.
19. WPZR Gospel Radio One. 2.3-2.5-2.1-247,700. Solo format.
20. tie. CIMX Modern Rock Bell Media Radio. 1.7-2.0-1.8-417,300. Decent cume, low share. .
20. tie. WUOM News/Talk Michigan Public Media. 1.6-1.7-1.8-173,800. Non-comm is 3rd of 6 News/Talkers.
22. WDRQ Country Cumulus Media. 1.8-2.1-1.7-402,800. Low rider.
23. WMGC-F Sports Greater Media. 1.2-1.4-1.4-231,000. 2nd in Sports but separated by 20 places.
24. WDET-F News/Talk Wayne State Univ. 0.8-0.8-0.8-118,500. Steady non-comm.
25. WCHB Talk Radio One. 0.5-0.5-0.4-53,400.
25. CKLW News/Talk Bell Media Radio. 0.4-0.4-0.4-31,200.
27. tie. CKWW Oldies Bell Media Radio. 0.3-0.3-0.2-32,700.
27. tie. WDFN Sports iHeartMedia. 0.3-0.2-0.2-45,100. 3rd of 4 Sports stations.
29. WXYT Sports CBS Radio. 0.4-0.1-0.1-45,500. Cellar dweller.
Major November/December Swings: A/C WNIC + 5.3; Urban A/C WDMK – 1.0.
Cluster Shares: iHeart + 24.3-24.0-29.3, CBS – 28.7-26.6-25.2, Cumulus + 10.5-9.4-10.4, GreaterMedia – 10.4-10.8-10.2, Radio One – 9.7-10.6-8.6.

12. MIAMI, FL. 6+ 3,670,900. Comp: Spanish 50%, Black 21%. 50 stations, 60% subscribe.
1. WHQT Urban AC Cox Media. 7.7-7.8-9.1-690,600. #12 cume, format exclusive. Repeat rank order for the Top 3.
2. WLYF A/ C Lincoln Financial Media. 7.1-7.2-7.0-1,244,500. #1 cume. Xmas flat. Lincoln soon to be Entercom.
3. WAMR-F Spanish Hits Univision Radio. 6.5-5.8-5.8-713,400. “Amour” leads 9 other Spanish format stations.
4. tie. WHYI-F CHR iHeartMedia. 4.9-5.2-4.9-1,137,000. Ahead of Cox CHR WFLC by a 2.1-share.
4. tie. WFEZ Soft AC Cox Media. 5.9-4.8-4.9-870,400. Exclusive format to lead the Cox cluster.
6. WMXJ Classic Hits Lincoln Financial Media. 3.9-4.3-4.2-755,300. Also, only station in the format and steady.
7. tie. WPOW Rhythm CHR CBS Radio. 4.1-4.3-4.1-1,113,600. 4 CHR formats in the market, including one Spanish.
7. tie. WEDR Urban Cox Media. 3.7-4.0-4.1-846,000. Ahead of iHeart Urban WMIB by 1.1.
9. WCMQ-F Tropical Spanish Broadcast System. 3.3-3.4-3.7-557,000. 1st of 3 Tropical formats running neck and neck.
10. WXDJ Tropical Spanish Broadcast System. 3.4-2.9-3.6-631,900. Cluster make and almost tied with WCMQ.
11. WRTO-F Tropical Univision Radio. 3.9-3.6-3.5-730,100. Any of the three can win this race.
12. WMGE Spanish CHR iHeartMedia. 2. 7 2.9-3.3-781,500. Trails Spanish Hits WAMR by 2.5.
13. WAQI Spanish N/T Univision Radio. 3.6-3.3-3.1-240,700. Leads 3 other Spanish News/Talkers.
14. WMIB Urban iHeartMedia. 2.9-2.9-3.0-629,000. Steady but 3rd out of 3 Urban formats.
15. tie. WBGG-F Classic Rock iHeartMedia. 2.7-3.0-2.9-612,300. Trailing Classic Hits WMXJ by 1.3.
15. tie. WMIA-F Hot AC iHeartMedia. 2.6-2.8-2.9-757,900. Format exclusive, inching up.
17. WFLC CHR Cox Media. 3.5-3.3-2.8-899,200. #2 CHR behind WHYI by a 2.1-share.
18. WKIS Country CBS Radio. 2.9-2.8-2.7-473,400. CBS rides alone in the format.
19. WLRN News/Talk Dade County School. 2.5-2.6-2.5-289,200. Non-comm is top Anglo News/Talk.
20. WWFE Spanish Fenix Broadcasting. 1.7-1.7-1.8-111,000. Stand-alone subscriber.
21. WAXY-F Sports Lincoln Financial Media. 1.5-1.8-1.6-281,20. Small share but leads CBS & iHeart Sports.
22. WSUA Spanish N/T Grupo Latino de Radio. 1.4-1.3-1.5-157,800. 2nd of 4 Spanish News/Talk.
23. WIOD News/Talk iHeartMedia. 1.2-1.2-1.4-188,000. Only commercial N/T in the market.
24. WAYF Christian WAY Media. 1.3-1.1-1.2-117,200. First of two Religious formats.
25. WKCP Classical American Public Media. 1.5-1.4-1.1-119,300. Only Classical and slipping; no Jazz.
25. WURN/WLVJ Spanish N/T Union Radio Network of FL. 1.0-1.1-1.1-116,000. 3rd of 4 in the format.
27. tie. WRMB Religious Moody Bible Institute. 1.2-1.3-0.9-105,100.
27. tie. WQAM Sports CBS Radio. 0.9-1.0-0.9-147,200. The three Sports formats combine for 2.8.
28. WQBA Spanish N/T Univision Radio. 0.4-0.4-0.4-75,600. Last.
29. WINZ Sports iHeartMedia. 0.3-0.4-0.3-103,500. #3 of 3 Sports.
Major Swings: Urban A/C WHQT + 1.3; CHR WFLC – 0.5.
Shares: Cox + 20.8-19.9–20.9, iHeart + 17.3–18.4–18.7, Lincoln Financial – 12.5-13.3-11.2, Univision – 14.4-13.1-12.8, Beasley is now CBS – 7.9–8.1-7.7, Spanish Broadcasting System 7.3.

13. SEATTLE, WA. 6+ 3,477,300. Spanish 8%, Black 6%. 61 stations, 56% subscribe.
1. KRWM Soft AC Hubbard Broadcasting. 5.0-4.9-6.2-1,001,700. Top share and top cume with a “Warm” Xmas.
2. KQMV CHR Hubbard Broadcasting. 6.8-6.2-6.0-978,200. Leads iHeart CHR KBKS by 1.8-and two Rhythmic CHRs.
3. KIRO-F News/Talk Bonneville / KSL Broadcast. 5.1-5.7-5.0-527,400. Just 0.7-over non-com Northwest Public N/T.
4. KISW Rock Entercom. 5.2-5.2-4.9-608,600. Ahead of Classic Rock KZOK by just 0.4-while Rock KKBW has only a 0.4.
5. KKWF Country Entercom. 4.8-4.9-4.7-558,500. Leading CBS Country KMPS by 1.3.
6. KCMS Contemporary Christian Crista Media. 4.3-4.5-4.6-472,800. Two other Christa formats total 0.5.
7. KZOK-F Classic Rock CBS Radio. 3.9-4.8-4.5-573,400. Exclusive classic rock/classic hits format.
8. KUOW-F/KUOW/KQOW News/Talk Northwest Public Radio. 4.0-4.0-4.3-301,900. Solid showing trimulcast.
9. KBKS-F CHR iHeartMedia. 3.7-3.8-4.2-860,500. #2 CHR
10. tie. KPLZ-F Hot AC Sinclair Broadcast Group. 3.3-3.5-3.8-713,400. Leads Entercom Hot A/C KHTP by 1.1.
10. tie. KING-F Classical Classic Radio, Inc. 3.4-3.2-3.8-294,900. New high for solo classical format.
12. KJAQ Adult Hits CBS Radio. 3.6-3.5-3.5-596,800. Exclusive format and leads Classic Hits KJR-F by 0.3.
13. KMPS-F Country CBS Radio. 3.2-3.1-3.4-502,400. Gains but remains #2 country.
14. KIRO Sports Bonneville / KSL Broadcast. 4.0-3.8-3.3-506,100. Leads 3 other major company sports stations.
15. KJR-F Classic Hits iHeartMedia. 3.3-3.1-3.2-642,300. Only game in town.
16. tie. KPLU-F/KPLI/KVIX Jazz Pacific Lutheran University. 2.8-3.4-3.1-298,000. Consistent three signal Jazz.
16. tie. KNDD Modern Rock Entercom. 2.9-3.0-3.1-519,000. The only Modern Rocker.
18. KOMO/KOMO-FM News Sinclair Broadcast Group. 3.0-3.4-2.8-476,600. Slipping as #3 News.
19. KHTP Hot AC Entercom. 2.5-2.2-2.7-538,400. Trailing Sinclair Hot A/C KPLZ by 1.1.
20. KUBE Rhythmic-CHR iHeartMedia. 2.5-2.1-2.2-565,600. Non-com KNHC also in the format at 0.8.
21. KTTH Talk Bonneville / KSL Broadcast Div. 2.6-2.3-2.1-215,800. Leading Sinclair Talk KVI by 1.1.
22. KLCK-F Modern AC Hubbard Broadcasting. 2.7-2.3-2.0-551,700. Format exclusive and dropping.
23. KJR Sports iHeartMedia. 1.7-2.1-1.9-279,000. 4 Sports stations total just 5.5.
24. KEXP-F Adult Alternative Friends of KEXP. 1.1-1.3-1.1-127,100. Seattle’s only AA.
25. tie. KIXI Adult Standards Hubbard Broadcasting. 1.4-1.2-1.0-113,500. Dropping.
25. tie. KVI Talk Sinclair Broadcast Group. 1.0-1.1-1.0-97,600. Flat and 4th of 4 News/Talk formats.
28. KNHC Rhythmic-CHR Seattle Public Schools. 0.8-0.8-0.8-184,100. Non-comm.
29. KYNW CHR iHeartMedia. 0.8-0.7-0.7-173,100. Distant 3rd CHR and trails two Rhythmic CHRs.
30. KBCS Variety Bellevue Community College. 0.4-0.5-0.5-52,600. Non-comm.
31. tie. KKBW Rock iHeartMedia. 0.4-0.4-0.4-118,800. Bottom rocker.
31. tie. KWPZ Contemporary Christian Crista Media. 0.5-0.3-0.4-58,000.
33. KFNQ Sports CBS Radio. 0.2-0.2-0.2-55,000. Pretty low.
34. tie. KHHO Sports iHeartMedia. 0.1-0.1-0.1-43,400. Lower.
34. tie. KCIS Religious Teaching Crista Media. 0.1-0.1-0.1-24,400.
Swings + 0.9-ClassicRock KZOK, – 0.6-CHR KQMV.
Shares: Entercom – 15.5-15.3-12.7, Hubbard + 15.9-14.6-15.2, iHeart – 12.6-13.4-12.4, Bonneville + 11.2-9.1-11.8, CBS + 11.0-10.9-11.4, Sinclair Broadcast – 7.7-7.9-7.3.

14. PHOENIX, AZ. 6+ 3,222,700. Spanish 28%, Black 5.45%. 50 stations, 68% subscribe.
1. KESZ Adult Contemporary iHeartMedia. 5.1-4.6-7.8-1,209,400. Holiday jump for the lone A/C.
2. KFYI Talk iHeartMedia. 5.1-5.1-5.3-288,100. Ahead of Bonneville News/Talk KTAR by 2.1.
3. KMXP Hot AC iHeartMedia. 4.9-4.7-5.1-928,200. Growing and leading Yucaipa Hot A/C by 1.5.
4. tie. KOOL-F Classic Hits CBS Radio. 5.9-5.7-5.0-846,200. Dips to tie Hubbard Classic Rock KSLX.
4. tie. KSLX-F Classic Rock Hubbard Broadcasting. 4.6-4.5-5.0-786,200. Tied with KOOL.
6. KUPD Rock Hubbard Broadcasting. 4.6-5.0-4.8-554,800. Only competition Modern Rock KDKB at a 2.3.
7. KNIX-F Country iHeartMedia. 4.4-4.6-4.2-614,400. Country dips.
8. KZZP CHR iHeartMedia. 4.1-3.9-3.7-834,200. Ahead of two Rythmic CHRs CBS KZON and Yucaipa KKFR.
9. KMVA/KEXX Hot AC The Yucaipa Companies, LLC. 3.5-3.7-3.6-827,500. #2 of 2 Hot A/C.
10. KMLE Country CBS Radio. 4.6-4.3-3.3-608,700. #2 of 2 Country with a larger dip, here.
11. tie. KTAR-F News/Talk Bonneville / KSL Broadcast Div. 3.2-3.4-3.2-367,900. 1.0-lead over KJZZ non-com N/T.
11. tie. KYOT-F Adult Hits iHeartMedia. 3.3-3.1-3.2-678,700. Market has two Spanish Adult Hits: KOMR and KVVA.
13. KZON Rhythmic-CHR CBS Radio. 3.4-3.4-3.0-864,900. Leading the only other entry KKFR by just 0.5.
14. KKFR Rhythmic-CHR The Yucaipa Companies, LLC. 2.6-2.6-2.5-521,400. Close Rhythmic CHR dance off.
15. KNAI Regional Mexican. Farmworker Educational Radio. 2.8-2.7-2.4-279,300. 2 others in format just 0.3-behind.
16. tie. KDKB Modern Rock Hubbard Broadcasting. 2.3-2.7-2.3-466,200. Solo in the format.
16. tie. KMVP-F Sports Bonneville / KSL Broadcast Div. 2.1-2.4-2.3-345,200. Leads Sports KGME, KTAR & KDUS.
18. KJZZ News/Talk Maricopa County Community College. 2.3-2.1-2.2-220,000. Non-com is #2 News/Talker.
19. tie. KLNZ Regional Mexican Entravision Communications Corp. 2.4-2.5-2.1-320,400. 5 way tie at 2.1-includes KHOT.
19. tie. KHOT-F Regional Mexican Univision Radio. 2.3-2.4-2.1-300,000. Two of 3 Regional Mexican formats tie.
19. tie. KAJM Rhythmic Oldies Sierra H. Broadcasting, Inc. 1.8-2.2-2.1-283,900. Only Oldies vs. Classic Hits KOOL.
19 .tie. KFLR-F Contemporary Christian Family Life Communications. 2.1-2.0-2.1-244,100. Has format to itself.
19. tie. KOMR/KKMR Spanish Adult Hits Univision Radio. 1.8-1.8-2.1-233,000. Just ahead of same format KVVA.
24. KVVA-F/KDVA Spanish Adult Hits Entravision Communications Corp. 2.9-1.9-1.9-205,500. Only 0.2-back of KOMR.
25. KOAI Soft AC The Yucaipa Companies, LLC 1.0-1.3-1.8-354,800. Growing but way back.
26. KBAQ Classical Maricopa County Community College. 1.1-1.5-1.4-186,700. No other Classical and no Jazz.
27. KNRJ Urban Contemporary Sierra H. Broadcasting, Inc. 1.3-1.2-1.2-327,100. The only Urban station.
28. KGME Sports iHeartMedia, Inc. 1.3-1.0-0.9-162,600. Just a 0.1-ahead of sports KTAR.
29. tie. KTAR Sports Bonneville / KSL Broadcast Div. 0.8-0.7-0.8-157,500. Still leads Spanish Sports KBMK and KDUS.
29. tie. KQMR Spanish Urban Univision Radio. 1.1-0.8-0.8-123,400. Genre is by itself.
31. tie. KAZG Oldies Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. 0.3-0.4-0.2-36,000. Not much.
31. tie. KBMB Spanish Sports Entravision Communications Corp. 0.2-0.2-0.2-29,900. Flat.
33. KDUS Sports Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. 0.1-0.1-0.1-38,900. Last place.
34. KOY Talk iHeartMedia. 0.1-0.1-0.1-27,700. Tied for bottom vs. as 4th of 4 Sports stations.
Swings: + 0.4-Rock WUPD and Regional Mexican KNAI, – 0.5-A/C KESZ.
Shares: iHeart – 28.0-28.2-26.1, CBS – 13.8-13.9-13.4, Hubbard + 11.8-11.9-12.6, Yucaipa + 7.8-7.1-7.6, Bonneville + 5.5-6.1-6.5.

16. MINNEAPOLIS, MN. 6+ 2,756,200 Black 8%, Spanish 5%. Stations 48, Subscribers 50%
1. KDWB-F CHR iHeartMedia. 8.2-9.3-9.0-1,038,900. #1 share & #1 cume and only CHR is the market.
2. KQQL Classic Hits iHeartMedia. 6.9-6.1-7.7-880,800. Nice Xmas jump; format exclusive. iHeart takes Top 4 rankers.
3. KEEY-F Country iHeartMedia. 5.5-6.4-7.4-735,200. Solid gain to lead steady CBS Country KMNB by 1.1.
4. KFXN-F Sports iHeartMedia. 5.5-6.5-6.7-640,700. Way ahead of Hubbard Sports KSTP by a 5.2-share margin.
5. KSTP-F Hot AC Hubbard Broadcasting. 7.1-6.8-6.6-939,900. Dips but still leads iHeart Hot A/C KTCZ by 1.1.
6. KMNB Country CBS Radio. 6.6-6.3-6.3-656,900. Holding steady.
7. KQRS-F Classic Rock Cumulus Media. 7.0-6.4-5.9-654,300. Sliding.
8. KTCZ-F Hot AC iHeartMedia. 5.9-5.3-5.7-828,300. Stays in range as #2 Hot A/C.
9. KZJK Adult Hits CBS Radio. 5.7-5.4-5.3-678,300. Exclusive in the format.
10. tie. KNOW-F News/Talk American Public Media. 4.3-5.1-4.9-345,500. Top N/T over CBS WCCO by 0.9-
10. tie. KTIS-F Contemporary Christian University of Northwestern St. Paul. 5.1-5.0-4.9-426,500. Unique position.
12. KXXR Rock Cumulus Media. 4.7-5.0-4.6-490,000. Market’s only Rock.
13. WCCO/WCCO-HD2 News/Talk CBS Radio. 4.0-3.7-4.0-322,000. Trails non-com KNOW, leads Hubbard Talk WTMY.
14. KCMP Adult Alternative American Public Media Group. 3.1-3.1-3.2-283,500. Steady as KCMP stream adds 0.3.
15. KTLK Talk iHeartMedia. 2.6-2.7-2.5-178,900. 3rd of 4 News/Talkers.
16. KSJN Classical American Public Media Group. 2.5-2.3-2.2-178,000. Lone classical format.
17. KSTP Sports Hubbard Broadcasting. 1.6-1.5-1.5-168,500. 2nd of 3 Sports formats totaling 8.5.
18. KMOJ Urban Contemporary Center for Communication & Development. 2.5-2.1-1.3-133,500. Drops; no competition.
19. KTMY Talk Hubbard Broadcasting. 1.3-1.3-1.2-107,100. Steady by trails American Public KNOW and CBS WCCO.
20. KTWN-F Modern AC Northern Lights Broadcasting. 1.0-1.0-1.0-226,200. Struck out, just changed to AA.
21. tie. WGVX/WGVZ/WRXP Sports Cumulus Media . 0.5-0.4-0.3-53,500. Former AA trio now last place Sports.
21. tie. KBEM-F Jazz Minneapolis Public Schools. 0.4-0.3-0.3-59,000. Non-comm.
21. tie. KCMP Stream Adult Alternative American Public Media Group. 0.3-0.3-0.3-27,200.
24. KNOW-F Stream News/Talk American Public Media Group. 0.1-0.1-0.2-19,800. 2 streams show for APMG.
25. KTIS Religious Teaching University of Northwestern St. Paul. 0.3-0.2-0.1-20,300. Pairs with strong KTIS-F.
Swings: + 1.6-Classic Hits WQQL, – 0.5-Classic Rock KQRS.
Shares: iHeart + 33.3-34.6-39.0, CBS + 16.3-15.4-15.6, Cumulus – 11.7-11.4,-10.8-tie, American Public Media – 10.3-10.9-10.8-tie, Hubbard – 10.0-9.6-9.3.

17. SAN DIEGO, CA. 6+ 2,648,300 Spanish 31%, Black 5%. Stations 40, Subscribers 73%.
1. KHTS-F CHR iHeartMedia. 5.2-5.3-6.1-903,100. Another iHeart #1 share, #1 cume win.
2. KPBS-F/KQVO News/Talk San Diego State University. 5.4-5.0-5.3-306,500. Non-com leads iHeart & Midwest N/T.
3. KSON/KSOQ-FM Country Lincoln Financial Media. 4.4-5.3-5.2-455,000. The Lone Country.
4. KMYI Hot AC iHeartMedia, Inc. 4.4-4.7-5.1-782,300. Moves up and ahead of Midwest TV Hot A/C/ KFMB by 2.4.
5. KIFM Soft AC Lincoln Financial Media. 5.0-4.4-4.8-508,800. Easy Oldies / All Christmas combo.
6. XHITZ Rhythmic-CHR Local Media of San Diego. 4.9-4.4-4.5-677,900. Leads iHeart Rhythmic CHR KSSX by 1.8.
7. XHRM Rhythmic Oldies Local Media of San Diego. 4.1-4.2-4.4-465,300. Inching up, unique format for the market.
8. KGB-F Classic Rock iHeartMedia. 4.1-4.1-4.3-511,800. Leads Classic Hits XHPRS by 1.4
9. KEGY CHR CBS Radio. 3.8-3.3-3.5-587,700. #2 CHR way behind #1 overall iHeart KHTS.
10. tie. KYXY Adult Contemporary CBS Radio. 4.0-3.7-3.4-534,000. Slipping to 1.7-behind iHeart Hot A/C KMYI.
10. tie. KLQV Spanish Adult Hits Univision Radio. 3.6-3.1-3.4-262,900. Spanish Hits XHLTN 1.7, Adult Hits XHOCL 1.2.
12. KIOZ Rock iHeartMedia. 4.2-3.8-3.2-430,200. Ahead of both Modern Rockers KBZT at 2.8-and XETRA-F 2.7.
13. KLNV Regional Mexican Univision Radio. 3.3-3.7-3.1-268,700. Over Uni Radio Regional Mexican XHTY by 2.2.
14. XHPRS Classic Hits Radio San Diego. 2.8-3.0-2.9-396,300. Only Classic Hits in town stays steady, or flat.
15. KBZT Modern Rock Lincoln Financial Media. 3.4-2.9-2.8-410,800. Modern Rock horse race with XETRA by 0.1.
16. tie. XETRA-F Modern Rock Local Media of San Diego. 3.2-3.2-2.7-406,700. Photo finish?
16. tie. KFMB-F Hot A/C Midwest TV, Inc. 2.3-2.5-2.7-330,500. Trending up but trails iHeart Hot A/C KMYI by 2.4.
18. XEPRS Sports Radio San Diego. 3.0-3.3-2.6-233,300. Drops but leads iHeart Sports KLSD by 1.2. Partner XEPE is 0.2-
19. KSSX Rhythmic AC iHeartMedia. 2.7-2.5-2.5-420,80. Variation on Rhythmic CHR XHTZ and Rhythmic Oldies XHRM.
20. KOGO News/Talk iHeartMedia. 1.7-2.4-2.4-209,200. 2nd of 3 in the format N/T. San Diego State ahead by 2.9.
21. KFMB News/Talk Midwest TV, Inc. 1.7-2.2-2.1-168,800. San Diego State ahead by 3.2.
22. KPRI Adult Alternative Compass Media. 1.7-1.8-1.8-255,600. Surprisingly, the market’s only AA.
23. XHLTN Spanish Hits Imagen Informativa. 1.6-1. 5 1.7-229,800. 5 Spanish music stations, 2 are Spanish Hits.
24. KLSD Sports iHeartMedia. 1.6-1.6-1.4-158,500. 2 outta 3 ain’t bad. – Meatloaf.
25. XHOCL Spanish Adult Hits MVS International. 0.9-0.8-1.2-153,400. Format leader Univision KLQV leads by 2.2.
26. XHTY-F Regional Mexican Uni Radio Corp. 0.8-1.0-0.9-144,700. 2nd to Univision Regional Mexican KLNV by 2.2.
27. XHFG-F Spanish CHR Uni Radio Corp. 0.3-0.3-0.3-82,100. Low steady.
28. tie. XHGLX Spanish CHR MVS International. 0.3-0.3-0.2-68,900. Last in the format.
28. tie. XEPE Sports Radio San Diego. 0.2-0.3-0.2-34,900. Last place sports.
30. KSDS Jazz San Diego Community College District. 0.3-0.3-0.1-19,100. Not much.
Swings: + 0.8-CHR KHTS, – .0.7-Sports XEPRS.
Shares: iHeart + 23.9-24.4-25.0, Lincoln Financial (soon to be Entercom) + 12.8-12.6-12.8, Local Media of San Diego + 12.2-11.8-12.6, CBS – 7.8-7.0-6.9, Univision – 6.9-6.8-6.5.

18. TAMPA – ST. PETERSBURG, FL. 6+ 2,441,800. Spanish 16%, Black 12%. 51 stations, 57% subscribe.
1. WDUV Soft AC Cox Media Group. 12.9-13.2-13.6-781,200. “Dove” is HUGE with Soft Oldies #1 share & #1 cume.
2. WXGL Classic Hits Cox Media Group. 5.9-6.3-5.9-630,500. The “Eagle” has landed 7.7-below co-owned WDUV.
3. WRBQ-F Classic Hits Beasley Broadcast Group. 4.9-4.9-5.5-511,500. CBS leaves on an up note. 1-2-3 for boomers.
4. WFLZ-F CHR iHeartMedia. 5.4-5.3-5.2-701,800. Steady with a 0.4-lead over COX CHR WPOI.
5. WQYK-F Country Beasley Broadcast Group. 5.1-5.3-5.1-417,900. Steady and leading iHeart Country WFUS by 0.6.
6. tie. WPOI CHR Cox Media Group. 5.1-5.3-4.8-590,300. #2 CHR.
6. tie. WWRM Adult Contemporary Cox Media Group. 4.5-4.4-4.8-637,10. 8.8-behind Soft A/C; 0.5-ahead of Hot.
8. WLLD Rhythmic-CHR Beasley Broadcast Group. 5.8-5.0-4.7-459,500. Format exclusive but Slippin’ into Darkness.
9. WFUS Country iHeartMedia. 4.4-4.6-4.5-481,500. Country #2, a little behind Country WQYK on the trail by 0.6.
10. WMTX Hot AC iHeartMedia. 4.0-4.2-4.3-561,800. Steady and the only Hot A/C game in town.
11. tie. WBTP Urban iHeartMedia. 4.9-4.6-4.1-382,500. Just one Urban, sliding.
11. tie. WFLA Talk iHeartMedia. 3.9-4.1-4.1-248,300. Leads 3 other News/Talkers.
13. WXTB Rock iHeartMedia. 3.4-3.9-3.8-393,400. Beats Modern Rock WSUN by 1.3-and Classic Rock WMTX-HD, 1.7.
14. WYUU Spanish CHR Beasley Broadcast Group. 3.1-3.2-3.2-212,300. Exclusive and steady.
15. WHPT Talk Cox Media Group. 3.2-3.0-2.8-161,600. #2 Talker behind iHeart WLFA by 1.3.
16. WSUN-F Modern Rock Cox Media Group. 2.5-2.9-2.5-344,500. Holding the 2nd rock rank.
17. WCIE Contemporary Christian Radio Training Network. 2.5-2.5-2.4-236,500. Co-owned WJIS adds 0.1.
18. WDAE Sports iHeartMedia. 2.5-2.2-2.3-184,200. The leader of just two in the Sports format.
19. WUSF News/Talk University of South Florida. 2.3-2.2-2.2-141,400. Non-comm is News/Talk #1 vs. all talk.
20. WMTX-HD2 Classic Rock iHeartMedia. 1.5-1.6-2.1-184,900. Nice rise for HD vs. 2 top Classic Hits WXGL and WRBQ.
21. WBVM Christian CHR/Rock The Diocese of St. Petersburg. 1.0-0.8-0.9-85,700. 2nd of 4 religious oriented stations.
22. tie. WKES/WHGN/WKZM Religious Teaching Moody Bible Institute. 1.1-0.8-0.7-60,500.
22. tie. WHFS-F (spin in progress, format not available) Beasley Broadcast Group. 0.8-0.7-0.7-94,900.
24. WMNF Adult Alternative Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation. 0.6-0.6-0.6-68,100. Just one AA.
25. tie. WHNZ News/Talk iHeartMedia. 0.4-0.4-0.4-53,800. 4th of 4 News or News/Talkers.
25. tie. WSMR Classical University of South Florida. 0.3-0.4-0.4-32,000. Surprised not a larger audience.
27. tie. WHFS Sports Beasley Broadcast Group. 0.1-0.1-0.1-25,100. Last place.
27. tie. WJIS Contemporary Christian Radio Training Network. 0.1-0.1-0.1-18,200.
Swings: + 0.6-Classic Hits WRBQ, – 0.5-both CHR WPOI and Urban WBTP.
Shares: Cox – 34.1-35.1-34.4, iHeart – 30.4-29.3-28.7, Beasley starts off from CBS + 19.1-19.2-19.3.

19. Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island), NY 6+ 2,423,700. Spanish 15%, Black 9%. 56 stations with 63% subscribing.
More stations and subscribers from New York City than Long Island. Edited Edition – Please see RBR for NYC.
1. WALK-F Adult Contemporary Connoisseur Media, LLC. 8.1-7.4-6.9-559,200. Local and slipping.
2. WFAN-F/WFAN Sports CBS Radio. 5.9-6.4-6.4-410,400.
3. WHTZ CHR iHeartMedia. 5.5-6.0-6.0-713,900.
4. WBLI CHR Cox Media Group. 4.9-4.9-4.9-590,600. Local and steady.
5. WCBS News CBS Radio. 4.2-4.5-4.6-355,000.
6. tie. WCBS-F Classic Hits CBS Radio. 3.5-4.0-4.3-499,600.
7. tie. WLTW Adult Contemporary iHeartMedia. 3.6-3.6-4.3-518,300.
9. WAXQ Classic Rock iHeartMedia. 4.1-4.4-4.1-479,900.
10. WBLS Urban AC Emmis Communications Corp. 3.6-3.6-3.9-218,400.
11. WKJY Adult Contemporary Connoisseur Media, LLC. 4.2-4.0-3.6-411,600. Local, also trending down.
12. WBZO Classic Hits Connoisseur Media, LLC. 3.2-3.2-3.4-365,300. Local. Slight pickup; trails WBCS/FM by 0.9.
13. tie. WBAB/WHFM Classic Rock Cox Media Group. 3.0-2.8-2.9-391,100. Local. Steady, trails WAXQ by 1.2.
13. tie. WINS News CBS Radio. 2.5-2.5-2.9-375,600.
15. WKTU Rhythmic AC iHeartMedia. 2.6-3.0-2.8-507,300.
16. WWPR-F Urban Contemporary iHeartMedia. 2.4-2.7-2.6-289,000.
17. WBMP CHR CBS Radio. 2.3-2.1-2.4-407,200.
18. WQHT Rhythmic-CHR Emmis Communications Corp. 1.9-1.9-2.1-301,000.
19. WABC Talk Cumulus Media. 1.9-2.0-2.0-130,300.
20. WWFS Hot AC CBS Radio. 1.7-2.0-1.9-362,900.
21. WPLJ Hot AC Cumulus Media. 2.1-2.0-1.8-377,500.
22. WEPN-F Sports ESPN Radio. 2.1-2.2-1.5-226,400.
23. tie. WWSK Rock Connoisseur Media, LLC 1.8-1.5-1.5-264,900
23. tie. WNYC-F News/Talk WNYC Broadcasting Foundation 1.5-1.5-1.5-97,700
25. WOR Talk iHeartMedia. 1.7-1.4-1.3-88,000.
26. WNSH Country Cumulus Media. 1.5-1.4-1.2-139,500.
27. tie. WFUV Adult Alternative Fordham University 1.2-1.2-1.0-103,900
27. tie. WXNY-F Spanish CHR Univision Radio 1.0-1.1-1.0-144,300
Swings: + 0.7-for NYC A/C WLTW, + 0.2-for LI Classic Hits WBZO. 0.7-for NYC Sports WEPN, -0.5-for LI A/C WALK.
Shares: CBS 22.5, iHeart 21.1, LI Connoisseur 15.4, LI Cox 7.8, Emmis 6.0, Cumulus 5.0.

20. DENVER, CO. 6+ 2,362,700. Spanish 21%, Black 6%. Stations 48, Subscribers 71%.
1. KOSI Soft AC Entercom. 4.3-4.6-6.5-676,800. Good Santa taking over #1 share and #1 cume.
2. KQMT Classic Rock Entercom. 5.3-5.1-5.3-546,700. Steady and second as two “older” formats lead the way.
3. tie. KYGO-F Country Lincoln Financial Media. 5.3-5.2-5.2-508,200. 3-way tie as Wilks Country KWOF trails by 3.0.
3. tie. KBCO Adult Alternative iHeartMedia. 4.8-5.0-5.2-510,700. Nice showing for AA, fitting Denver, yet exclusive.
3. tie. KCFR-F News/Talk Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc. 5.3-4.7-5.2-305,000. Edges News/Talk KOA by 0.6.
6. KJMN Spanish Adult Hits Entravision Communications Corp. 5.3-5.4-5.1-283,200. Leads all 4 Spanish/Mexican.
7. KTCL Modern Rock iHeartMedia. 5.1-5.3-5.0-605,400. 2nd of 5 market rockers.
8. KQKS Rhythmic-CHR Lincoln Financial Media. 5.2-4.3-4.8-577,700. Leads iHeart Rhythmic CHR KPTT by 1.4.
9. KRFX Classic Rock iHeartMedia. 4.5-4.6-4.6-498,300. Steady. Next Classic Rock is KCKK at 0.4.
10. KOA News/Talk iHeartMedia. 5.0-5.4-4.5-433,100. 2nd of 4 in the format.
11. KLDV Contemporary Christian Educational Media Foundation, Inc. 4.0-4.2-4.1-307,100. Very solid, no competition.
12. KIMN Hot AC Wilks Broadcasting, LLC 3.7-3.5-3.9-520,300. Just a hair ahead of KALC.
13. KALC Hot AC Entercom 3.2-3.6-3.8-522,900. Tight race; both Hot A/C format gain.
14. KXPK Regional Mexican Entravision Communications 3.3-3.9-3.7-246,900. Leads Regional Mexican KBNO, 2.9.
15. KXKL-F Classic Hits Wilks Broadcasting, LLC 4.0-3.6-3.5-471,000. Off and has format to itself.
16. KPTT Rhythmic-CHR iHeartMedia, Inc. 4.0-3.8-3.4-635,400. 2nd of 3 Rhythmic formats.
17. KBPI Rock iHeartMedia, Inc. 3.1-3.4-3.1-312,600. Iconic AOR calls is 2nd of 4Denver rockers.
18. KYGO-HD2 Comedy Lincoln Financial Media 2.4-2.4-2.5-291,900. Good showing, unique combo: Comedy and HD!
19. KKFN Sports Lincoln Financial Media 2.4-2.5-2.4-211,600. Leading 4 Sports formats.
20. KWOF Country Wilks Broadcasting, LLC 2.3-2.5-2.2-246,500. Trails Lincoln Financial KYGO by 3.0-full shares.
21. KJHM Rhythmic AC Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC 2.3-2.2-2.1-182,600. Off a bit.
22. KEZW Adult Standards Entercom 0.7-0.8-1.4-72,800. Moving up on AM.
23. KHOW Talk iHeartMedia, Inc. 1.1-1.2-1.1-117,200, Pairs with iHeart Talker KKZN for a 1.2.
24. KVOD Classical Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc. 1.0-1.0-1.0-111,500. Non-Com pairs with News/Talk KCFR.
25. KUVO/KVJZ Jazz Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, Inc. 0.9-0.8-0.9-110,300. Steady.
26. KRWZ Oldies Lincoln Financial Media 1.4-1.2-0.8-82,100. AM and dropping.
27. KDSP Sports Front Range Sports Network, LLC 0.9-0.9-0.7-73,500. 2nd of 4 sports formats.
28. KBNO Regional Mexican Latino Communications, LLC 0.5-0.5-0.6-60,400.
29. KUNC/KRNC News Community Radio for Northern Colorado 0.5-0.5-0.5-64,700.
30. tie. KJAC Sports Front Range Sports Network, LLC 0.5-0.8-0.4-57,200.
30. tie. KCKK Classic Rock Hunt Broadcasting LLC 1.0-0.5-0.4-61,900. Slips.
30. tie. KXDE Modern Rock Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC 0.6-0.4-0.4-130,200.
33. KMXA Romantica Entravision. 0.2-0.2-0.2-41,800
34. tie. KKZN Talk iHeartMedia, Inc. 0.2-0.1-0.1-27,500. Low man…
34. tie. KEPN Sports Lincoln Financial Media 0.1-0.1-0.1-15,000. …on the totem pole.
Swings: + 1.9-Soft A/C, – .9-News/Talk KOA.
Shares: iHeart -27.6-28.8-27.0, Entercom + 12.8-13.3-17.0, Lincoln Financial -16.2-16.8-15.7, Wilks -9.8-10.0-9.6, Entravision – 8.8-9.5-9.0.

Takeaways:
* It’s a perfect time to hit “refresh.”
* Many variables in each format. Some opportunities just too niched.
* Talk Up Radio 6:1 Advertiser ROI
* Anyone thinking the most valuable audience could be 45+?

Suggestions for bottom line improvement don’t have to add expense to make money. Results for 1Q start right now. Clark Smidt, Broadcast Connector. D: 978 470-2120, Andover, MA. [email protected], www.broadcastideas.com. Please search: Clark Smidt @ www.rbr.com for all radio commentary.